Db Minor Blues Scale on the Guitar – 5 CAGED Positions, Tabs and Theory

The Db Minor Blues Scale contains the following notes:

Db – Fb – Gb – Abb – Ab – Cb

For a complete lesson on the Minor Blues Scale, read this lesson.

If you already know about the minor blues scale and would just like to know how to play it in five positions as well as the open position of Db, read on. This page includes notation/tabs and scale diagrams for each position along the fretboard.

Open Position D Minor Blues Scale

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D Flat Minor Blues Scale CAGED Positions

Here are the 5 CAGED positions for the D flat minor blues scale (notes and tabs).

1st Position (lowest fret is 1)

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4th Position (lowest fret is 4)

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6th Position (lowest fret is 6)

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9th Position (lowest fret is 9)

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11th Position (lowest fret is 11)

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